Stanford Class of 2022 REA Results Thread

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1580 (800 M, 780 R/W)
ACT (breakdown): 36 (E: 36, M: 36, R: 36, S: 36)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 790 English
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.43
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/384
AP (place score in parenthesis): Macro (5), APUSH (5), Chemistry (4), Environmental Science (4), World History (4), Micro (4), Statistics (4), BC Calc (3), Physics 1 (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Media in Society, Drawing, Ceramics, Gym, AP Government, AP Geography, AP Biology, AP Spanish, AP English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Fed Challenge 2 year national finalist, a statewide leadership/talent award for soccer

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity soccer (captain junior/senior year) and we were pretty good, NHS (president), Student-Parent Representative, Spanish Honor Society, Fed Challenge, Retreat team
Job/Work Experience: Soccer referee I guess
Volunteer/Community service: Created a program that collects food/items/etc for the local homeless shelter that just recently registered as a 501©(3), Altar serving/hospitality minister/etc at my local parish, Tutored disabled children in the area as part of a school program
Summer Activities: Chemistry research at OSU for 3 summers
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App- 10, by far my best essay, wrote about my identical twin brother and how college will force us apart as a necessary part of growing up, short essays were more 7ish- they weren’t bad but generally felt pretty forced
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 7, AP Geography/APUSH teacher- very complimentary but not super personal
Teacher Rec #2: 7, AP Stat/Precalc teacher- knows me well and wrote a nice recommendation
Counselor Rec: 10- Really flattering and personalized even though I only had her my senior year
Additional Rec: 10, The professor I worked with at OSU- Saw me struggle and develop over the course of my internship and conveyed that in his letter
Interview: Wasn’t offered one

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep- 4 other kids from my family will be in college at the same time (one set of twins and one set of triplets within two years of each other)
Intended Major: Economics (probably)
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: around $300,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy on my dad’s side

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, legacy, really liked my Common App
Weaknesses: I definitely didn’t get perfect grades and had nothing incredibly major as far as awards go
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly I think my legacy status is really what did it for me- there’s a lot of qualified people out there. Maybe the whole twin/triplet thing made me stand out? I’m definitely not a bad applicant but it’s just so hard to get in.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- MIT, Northwestern, OSU, UMich

General Comments: It’s just a tossup man and luck plays a huge part.

ACCEPTED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1510
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT II: 780 English, 770 Japanese, 790 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/743
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 2, Eng lang, Eng Lit, Calculus BC, Micro/Macro Econ, Gov, USH, European History, Stats (5). Psych, Bio, Physics 1 (4).
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: A lot…I am drowning
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit, college board AP scholar awards, among others

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity field hockey (Captain 10,11,12), ASB (Frosh. Commissioner 9, Soph. Commissioner 10, Vice Pres 11, President 12), Key Club (President 10,11,12),
Job/Work Experience: Worked at a pizzeria since I was 16, I’m now treated as a manager
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital 200 hours
Summer Activities: Tutoring physics, volunteer at animal shelter, and work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10 for the long essay. Wrote about losing my father. The other ones were excellent, as well. 10 for the shorter ones.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10 - My computer science teacher - He taught me in grades 9 & 10, and we continued to have a good relationship throughout all of high school. He knows me personally, and knows of my capabilites.
Teacher Rec #2: 9 - Precalc, AP calculus, AP stats teacher - She taught me in grades 10, 11 & 12. I passed both AP tests with a 5, and always had a good bond with her. I struggled more in calculus BC (I didn’t take AB, which might’ve contributed to that), and I was always in her class after school for help. She knows I’m driven and want to succeed.

Counselor Rec: 7 - LOL, I go to public school. She literally recieved the request for a rec then called me into her office so she could learn about me.

Additional Rec: 9 - The owner of the restaurant I work at/my boss - She talked about how she trusts me to run her restaurant on my own, how well I am under pressure, and my coolness when talking to upset customers.

Interview: 9 - I really enjoyed the interview. We talked about cancer treatment and the places we’ve been to around the world. It lasted an hour, and we talked nonstop. I felt my voice giving out towards the end.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Internation relations/business
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Biracial - white/japanese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: ~80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Been affected by cancer

Reflection

Strengths: My course load is insane, my life experiences made me really tough and forced me to mature, essay writing, I’m trilingual (English, Japanese, Spanish)
Weaknesses: I’m white. AND asian.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays were good, letters were good, interview went well, grades/workload is good, ect
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Yale, UPenn rejected me

I got into NYU, Columbia, UCLA, UW Seattle and UMich.

General Comments:

This is crazy.

To any future applicants: Apply! But as long as you are a good student, of course. You never know…
Develop good relationships with your teachers, counselor, and community members. It’ll help you out greatly.

For interviews, make sure you talk about things you are actually passionate about.

To current seniors: Don’t let senioritis get to you…even though it’s gotten to me.

@jrosedu You have a pretty impressive resume, especially the experience in China and fluency in Chinese. Maybe Georgetown or Ivy League schools are a better match. Stanford’s international studies aren’t particularly strong.

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1560 superscore (800 M, 760 CR/W), Essay: 20/24
ACT (breakdown): 35, did not submit
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.54
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), AP Stats (5), AP Chem (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Comp Sci A (5), APUSH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP SPLIT, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Gov/AP Micro (semester classes), AP English Lit, AP Calc BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME Qualifier (2014, 2015, 2016), won engineering award in school competition

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis (4 yrs, captain my senior year), animal adoption club (president junior and senior year), Best Buddies club (publicist my junior and senior year), school newspaper (only senior year)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutor (over 1000 hours)
Summer Activities: playing tennis, took summer classes, did computer science internship my junior year
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Roommate: 7/10, was a little vague/cliche, talked about how having a twin sister, and living in the same room as her makes me a better person
Vitality: 7/10–talked about how I loved math starting from a very early age
What matters to me: 8/10 talks about unconditional educational support my mom gave to me

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 - history teacher, literally said I was the best student she had in 15 years
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10, chemistry teacher, didn’t see but I know he appreciated me for hard work during class (I would come to his classroom during lunch/after school to ask him questions, work on extra labs)
Counselor Rec: 8/10, counselor and I know each other pretty well but she has a lot of students
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Computer science
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: needs significant financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, maybe test scores (they aren’t perfect though)
Weaknesses: lack of cohesiveness throughout app, extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a pretty typical applicant lol
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, UPenn, Yale, MIT
Waitlisted: Harvard, Caltech, UC Berkeley EECS
Accepted: CMU SCS, Olin College of Engineering, UCLA, UCSB, UCD, UCI, UCSD, San Jose State

General Comments: DON’T TAKE COLLEGE CONFIDENTIAL TOO SERIOUSLY. I know I did (I literally lived on this site for three years). Also pursue what you like to do, and what you are passionate about :slight_smile:

CMU SCS is one of the most difficult acceptances to get. Be proud.